...seven deadly sins The worst deadly sin: The worst dead sin is defanately pride, it is the mother of all the deadly sins. I thought about, every thing could be leaded by pride. People become envy, or jalous at you because they don’t have the selfconvidence as you have. When people are envy the things they regret afterwards, they don’t think about the consequences of the act. What i mean by that is; envy leads to wrath. If you are self-absorbed you probably like to see yourself in the mirror, if other people likes what they see, they would try their best to look like the person who is sinning. Then, again pride leads to another deadly sin, namely envy. It’s a bit dobbelt standard, that the teachers told us to believe in our selves, then a couple of years later they tells us about the seven deadly sin, pride is one of them. But then again, i wouldn’t mind to hear that another person was proud of me. Or are proud of me. I don’t know why it is so important to “mean” something. Some people are famous just because the want to be, not because they have a special talent. The moment i wrote this i thought about Sidney Lee, i bet nobody cant name one thing he is known for. (His look is just image, he can do absoulutely nothing) The least worst deadly sin: I thought about this one for a while, each and everyone of the sins are very bad. I had to choose one, so i chose Wrath. Wrath is the least worst deadly sin because; It can almost always be solved somehow. If you are angry with a person...
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...of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, are both stories that teach a religious lesson to the reader. These stories give different religious views about the thoughts of sin. The sins that you make throughout your life represent the choices you make and can determine the idea of whether you go to heaven or hell after death. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Edwards gives a straightforward view on how people are going to hell. He says that “The devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up.” This explains Edwards theme about how he views how bad sins are. He believes that if people can never go without sinning and are living to go to hell because of the slightest...
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...Plantation and Jonathan Edwards who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Bradford’s piece is a Separatist’s interpretation of the Reformation in England and the early years of the newly founded Plymouth colony. Edward’s piece touches upon the topic of the seriousness of sin in his Puritan congregation. One common theme among the pieces, Of Plymouth Plantation and the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, is that Puritan faith, beliefs, attitudes, and values is based on charity and hard work involving...
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...Rhetorical Analysis of Sinners in the hands of an angry God Preacher, Jonathan Edwards author of Sinners in the hands of an angry God (1741) reveals that God is approaching mercy on people who sin. He’s trying to convince Puritan congregation that if you sin you will be damned to hell. Edwards develops this claim by clarifying that if the people in this congregation do not follow God’s will they will result in death by being sent to hell. His purpose is to convince Puritans that God is wrathful God and to also warn the people of the dangers of damnation. He uses structure, pathos and imagery to satisfy the reader that the people who are unrepentant may reject God. Edwards perspective of sin is like a force in a world that is dictated by the devil....
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...Puritans have a strict moral compass that has severe consequences if you do anything wrong. Jonathan Edward’s narrative, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, conceives a darker illustration to Puritan belief than Nathaniel Hawthorne’s narrative, Young Goodman Brown. The Puritans conclude, based on scripture that God hated sin and would punish you for it. Jonathan Edward describes God’s disapproval of wrong doing by saying “ That God will execute the fierceness of his anger, implies, that he will inflict wrath without any pity. When God beholds the ineffable extremity of your case, and sees your torment to be so vastly disproportioned to your strength, and sees how your poor soul is crushed, and sinks down, as it were, into an infinite gloom; he will have no compassion upon you, he will not forbear the executions of his wrath, or in the least lighten his hand; there shall be no moderation or mercy, nor will God then at all stay his rough wind; he will have no regard to your welfare, nor be at all careful lest you should suffer too much in any other sense, than only that you shall not suffer beyond what strict justice requires…”...
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...New Testament Controversies | June 12 2014 | This Project presents 5 Controversial verses in the New Testament breaks them down by saying what they mean, and how we should interpret it. You can say it is like a lesson study, which helps people who are confused. | Decrypting the Encrypted | The Bible contains many controversial verses in it. This does not mean that they are not the truth. Today we are going to examine the context of five controversial Bible verses in order to see what is actually being said, either metaphorically, allegorically or literally. Before you continue reading all the verses are quoted from the NIV. * Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Does Jesus really mean that we should hate our parents, our siblings, and our children? What is He saying? Jesus was speaking to the crowd about discipleship. He was stressing the importance of putting God first above everyone, including family. Humans have a tendency to idolize their family and so he was saying that anyone that would become Jesus’ disciple must count the cost and it is supremely high and if a believer is to trust in Christ, they should renounce everyone and everything for His sake, even family. When Jesus was speaking to the crowd one man told him that his mother and brothers wanted to see Him but Jesus said “Who is my mother, and who are my...
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...In the “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and “ The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne they both developed similar parables, styles of writing ,and they were very descriptive. However, Edwards theme was more effective. This is because he used several intense, fear inspiring words to drive his very point across. His theme was that without god we would go to hell. In lines 29-35 he delivered this by quoting “ You probably are not sensible of this, you find you are kept out of hell, but do not see the hand of God…” Thus, emphasizing in that one quote that the reason that mankind have not perished yet is because God is showing mercy to us. Throughout, this parable Edwards used intense, powerful and hand to understand dialect. For example in lines 115-119 it says “ … you have no interest in any mediator, and nothing to lay hold of to save yourself.... Nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment.” This quote makes it appear or seem as though the preacher was yelling or screaming at his congregation. In addition in both Hawthorne and Edwards writing they shared similar themes. Both of these themes were about sin and how everyone has a secret sin but without God we would all go to hell because of theses...
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...and its results. Then, I will reflect on a real life example pertaining to the subject. Lastly, I will compare this experiment to the idea of determinism taught during this semester. The article determined “how anger at God may be related to the experience of personal moral transgression” (Grubbs & Exline, 2014, p. 315). I came to realize while reading the article that moral transgressions could better be defined as sin in the Christian worldview. The basic idea is that people become angry with God when their sin is believed to be a result of their unchangeable identity or an unchangeable circumstance. The first part of the experiment “specifically tested how transgressions resulting from immutable aspects of the self may be related to negative evaluations of God” (Grubbs & Exline, 2014, p. 317). The participants were given a scenario in which a being created by a deity was unable to follow moral code because of a genetic defect. The participants were then asked a series of questions about how the being must have felt...
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...Grace Puritanism was a group of practices and principles that created reforms in doctrine and religion. The basic Puritan beliefs were founded on the TULIP concept. It is an acronym that stands for: Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints. There are also other beliefs outside of TULIP, such as typology, manifest destiny, and backsliding. However, a principle that was focused on by John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards is irresistible grace. It makes the assertion that God’s grace is freely given; it cannot be earned or denied. Grace is recognized as the saving and transfiguring power of God. Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” and Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” are effective examples of literature that shows irresistible grace. John Winthrop, along with many other people from Europe, came to America to establish the “city on the hill” idea of religion. While being the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he felt that it was his duty to remind the people of their purpose for coming to America. He envisioned a society that practiced God’s teaching and that was based on His ideas. By creating this religious community, the Puritans would be an illustration showing everyone else how to live the way that God wanted. In his sermon, “A Model of Christian Charity,” he tells the Puritans that their success would greatly depend on their creation of a Godly community and it would also depend on...
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...Argument Essay The everyday “sins” of typical college students are not of great severity at first, but by consistently repeating the “sins”, they could possibly become habits. Thomas H. Benton’s essay “The Seven Deadly Sins of Students”, describes the seven “deadly sins” that a typical college student makes in everyday life and how the recurrence of these “sins” could lead to habitual behavior. The seven “deadly sins” explained in Benton’s essay is: Sloth, Greed, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, and Pride. Constantly repeating these “sins” will eventually become habits. Most people try to take the quick, or easy way out of most situations. This ideal is no different than what college students believe they have to do to “express their unique talents” (Benton). Typical students “take the path of least resistance” with hopes of creating an easier life upon themselves when “they don’t understand that those choices will eventually cause more unhappiness than the more difficult paths they chose not to walk” (Benton). The “path of least resistance” may have some happy and successful people emerge from its walkways, but more often than not, the repetition of the “deadly sins” will consequently bring one down to unhappiness and sorrow. Pride, first in the order of the seven deadly sins settled on by the church, could be defined as being very conceited about one’s self. I believe that pride could get out of hand because it is easy to say that you are more successful, better, and smarter...
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...however, it is often also used as a source of hope. Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God speech and Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” have many differences in the way the speakers portray religion to their advantage, and striking similarities in how they use religious views to persuade their audience. Edwards begins his speech by explaining God’s wrath, and how all Christians are held in the “hand” of God over the pit of hell. From the beginning of his speech, he uses this imagery to instill the fear of burning in hell eternally. Edwards then continues to add panic within the audience as he conveys that “The devil is waiting for them, hell gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them and would swallow them up” (5-7). The usage of imagery pushes these...
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...Angry Birds – Tecnología Rovio, una empresa con 8 años de experiencia dedicada a crear videojuegos, había visto el iPhone como una tecnología innovadora y que debía ser aprovechada. El objetivo de la empresa era crear un juego en la plataforma iOS que permitiera explorar las ideas de negocio que ofrecía el App Store y que se volviera una solución para sus problemas financieros. Así nació el videojuego Angry Birds, el cual para el 2010 había contabilizado ya 10 millones de descargas. Al enfocarse en su tecnología, es necesario observar un panorama amplio, pues existe mucho esfuerzo tecnológico en muchos aspectos en la aplicación. El juego como tal podría considerarse un emulador de físicas, en la cual se define un espacio con gravedad que permite entonces definir variables como velocidad y aceleración. Dentro de este espacio se definen objetos cuya masa es variable y que permite definir variables como momento y peso para emular colisiones. Aunque el comportamiento de estas variables difieren de la realidad, son lo suficientemente parecidas como para brindar una experiencia al usuario muy atractiva. La interfaz de usuario también amerita reconocimiento. La intención de los creadores era brindar al usuario un juego “rápido”, en el sentido que el usuario lo utilizara en espacios de tiempos temporales de ocio, tal como: en una fila, en una estación de bus, etc. Además, querían crear un juego muy intuitivo en el cual el usuario no tuviera que aprenderse como utilizarlo sino que lo entendiera...
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...and what is best for us, but never really take the time to think of others. John Proctor is a character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible who did many things wrong in his past and then when the time came he turned out to do the right thing. Although he is in a story he still shows bravery by coming clean and accepting whatever consequence that he would get for his sins. John was an average man with a lovely wife who he would get kind of testy with. He would snap at her and get angry with her for no reason at all (Miller 1163-1164). He would say things like I'm the man of the house and he says that he does so many things for their house, so he is basically saying she does nothing for the house (Miller 1164). John also had an affair with their old maid Abigail who Elizabeth fired. Abigail is really into John also John is not as into it as he was before. He tries to to tell Abby to forget about it, but she won't let that happen because she is in love with John (Miller 1139). He get super nervous to make sure that people don’t find out about the affir. If he didn’t want to...
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...The purpose of Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “The Sinner’s in the Hands of an Angry God,” is to influence the listeners to absorb the Puritan beliefs. The sermon uses powerful imagery, various metaphors and intense emotion to portray the wrath of an angry God towards the sinners. Thus, Edwards impresses upon the audience, the fury of the God towards those who haven’t repented their sins. The use of imagery by Edwards helps him to convey his message to the audience in an effective manner. One instance of a strong imagery used in the sermon is “The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and more …If God should only withdraw his hand from the flood-gate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power…” This segment provides a clear picture to the audience about the uncontrollable angst of the Almighty towards the guilty. It paints a picture of horror and agony among the the listeners. The tone created by Edwards’ imagery in this excerpt is intimidating to the audience. Edwards conveys the intensity of the wrath of God to the audience by giving them a visual of the fierceness of the great waters that would rush forth from a dam if God wishes to release his hands from the flood-gate. The choice of imagery by Jonathan Edwards is very effective in this segment because, by comparing the fiery overflow of the great waters...
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...Jonathan Edwards’ Rhetorical Strategies In the sermon of Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” he talks about God having no mercy for sinners. With that he uses many rhetorical strategies to get his point across to his audience and readers. As preacher of the Great Awakening it is his job to offer salvation, but he is very compelling and makes it sound as if sinners cannot be saved from the fires of hell. He uses fierce words towards those who sin and do not follow the teachings of God. Edwards uses rhetorical strategies such as imagery, anaphora, similes, and metaphors to grab the audience’s attention making his sermon persuasive. For instance, Jonathan Edwards starts his speech with imagery. He uses imagery various...
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